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When I first started writing the album, “Cry Baby” was a song that I really wanted to write because it represented all of these personal insecurities that I had for a long time.

Melanie Martinez

I definitely have worked trying to create music that inspires girls to feel confident and strong, and feel like they can do anything.
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Confidence Creation Inspirational Music Work
I don’t really think about what people think of my music, and how they listen to it or what my demographic is.
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Listening Music Myself People Thinking
Had to retrieve the key to my heart, Let these roses represent how it all fell apart.
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Heart Key Myself Represent Rose
I’ll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.
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Confidence Help People Writing
On the show [the Voice] I obviously wasn’t allowed [singing my own original music], because it’s not that type of show. I think it’s really cool that I get to do my own thing now.
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Independent Music Myself Sing Thinking Voice
Love starts inside of you.
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Love One Liner Start Yourself
I’m not used to writing about happy emotions, I’m just used to pulling from my sad or angry – happy emotions are very hard for me to portray in music.
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Angry Emotion Happiness Music Myself Sad Writing
Loving yourself + others is a magically addictive sensation.
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Compassionate Love Magic Yourself
The title is the first thing that I have. Then when I have that title, I have to make sure that the title is like, so I have to make sure I can tell a whole story from that one title and like make sure that it, from beginning to end it makes sense.
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Beginning End Music Myself Song Story Structure
Mark Ryden is my favorite visual artist.
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Artist Myself Visual
I’m happy that I get to work with people that I enjoy being around. It’s really cool when people understand and want to help your vision and are like rooting for you. I just, I love them a lot.
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Enjoyment Happiness Help Love People Vision Work
I obviously have a different connection to each song in a different way, and they all mean something different to me.
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Connection Different Myself Song Way
Just wanna be held once in a Blue Moon.
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Body Company Love Relationship Touch
Life boils down to two paths, love and fear. Which will you choose?
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Choice Fear Life Love Path Yourself
I’m not used to writing about happy emotions, I’m just used to pulling from my sad or angry – happy emotions are very hard for me to portray in music.
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Angry Emotion Happiness Music Myself Sad Writing
I like pop music because it can really affect a large amount of people and if I tell stories and spread messages that I think are really important for people to be aware of, I would want it to be on the biggest platform and I feel like pop is that. I use it as a way to tell stories.
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Important Music Myself People Story Thinking

When I first started writing the album, “Cry Baby” was a song that I really wanted to write because it represented all of these personal insecurities that I had for a long time.

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When I first started writing the album, “Cry Baby” was a song that I really wanted to write because it represented all of these personal insecurities that I had for a long time.

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